Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

5 reviews

nerdkitten's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Self harm, Confinement, Stalking, Body horror, Vomit, Genocide, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Ableism, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Abandonment, Child death, Excrement, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

considerthelily's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Body horror, Murder, and War

saltycoffee's review against another edition

This book is a meal without taste. Incredible plot convenience mixed with characters so paper thin they're made of tissue paper made this story overwhelmingly flavorless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Child abuse, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Death, Hate crime, and Torture

donatio's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I did love the heavy world-building, that there was not as much romance as in many other books and I agree with all the people who say that the females were better-crafted than the male ones. 
Yet this book felt quite slow to me and as if nothing much happens. The time skips seemed to skip over important parts and it all seems quite "easy" as in the prota could always find a solution right away and there were many points when they could just TELL that someone was trustworthy, too often in my opinion. Furthermore I have not been able to really bond with the characters, their grief for example did not affect me. 
You can tell that it is a debut and not up there with Samantha Shannon or V. E. Schwab but I am intrigued enough to read the next books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, War, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Medical content

iono's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mass/school shootings, Confinement, and Hate crime

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Rape, Grief, and Kidnapping